Foad HP
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Foad HP Today’s guest is the incredibly sharp and hilarious Foad HP — actor, writer, and stand-up straight outta Toronto. You might’ve seen him on Just For Laughs, JFL42, heard him on CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud or SiriusXM, or maybe you were lucky enough to catch him winning the 2016 Toronto Comedy Brawl. In this episode, we dive into everything from Grecian human traffickers (yep, you read that right), to cultural overlaps, and of course, our mutual love of books. It’s thoughtful, it’s funny, and honestly, it goes places. You’re gonna want to...
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Stephen Stohn
Social Animals
Episode 88 Available Now! Today I’m hanging out with Stephen Stohn. Ontario-based, semi-retired entertainment lawyer and co-producer of the Degrassi television series. Stephen takes me on a wonderful journey of friendship. We talk about travelling nomadically in a van with singer-songwriter and original Much Music Vee-Jay Christopher Ward, a valiant and successful fight against cat allergies and a song written with Paul McCartney….kind of. This is Stephen Stohn and these are his stories of friendship. You can follow Stephen here: @stephenstohn on Instagram Subscribe to automatically get...
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Gene Champagne
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Gene Champagne Gene is the Drummer for seminal Canadian punk band ‘Teenage Head’ and a founding member of the Killjoys, a foundational indie band in the 90s music scene and has toured the world. We talk about the healing power of pets, a shocking loss of a friend and making an album for yourself. You can follow Gene Champagne here: Spotify: Instagram: Subscribe to automatically get Gene Champagne’s episode and more episodes of Social Animals. Subscribe on all the channels at Tell your friends, comment below and enjoy the stories! Thanks...
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Rozhen Asrani
Social Animals
Episode 86 Available Now! This week I am hanging out with Rozhen Asrani Rozhen is the candidate for the Ontario NDP Party in Etobicoke-Lakeshore. She’s bringing Provincial Politics into this century with progressive policy and working-class ethics. We realized we have a lot more in common than our politics, she tells a story about a mid-air hot air balloon fight and what her plans are for the Province. You can follow Rozhen Asrani here: Web: IG: , FB: Subscribe to automatically get Rozhen Asrani’s episode and more episodes of Social Animals. Subscribe on all the...
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Chris MacDonald
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Chris MacDonald. Chris is the author of a new book called Days and Days A story about Sunderland’s Leatherface and the Ties that Bind, published by ECW Press. Chris is also the owner and tattoo artist at Under my Thumb on College St. in Toronto and a certified rock and roller playing in the band Le Barons. We talk about backpacking, taking mushrooms at the cottage and new words that burn into your memory. This is Chris MacDonald, Author of Days and Days and these are his stories of friendship. You can follow Chris here: IG:...
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Najla Said
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Najla Said. I read Nejla’s book “Looking for Palestine” and it struck a chord as a story of representation and struggle about identity growing up with an eminent academic father who fought his entire life for Peace. Edward Said was one of the world’s most galvanizing thinkers and defined how the world viewed Arabs. Nejla and I discuss the value of an imaginary friend and why you shouldn’t go to an Airbnb on the other side of an unrefrigerated fish market in Vietnam. We discuss not apologizing for our existence and what it was like growing up on the...
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Beatlalipos aka Elie Nakhle
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Beatlalipos aka Elie Nakhle Elie is a Lebanese Producer, Rapper and sound Engineer who lives in Montreal. We talk about Lebanese food, politics and what brought Elie to Canada. Is God an imaginary friend? A near death experience and his newest project released July 1st 2024 called 808 Dabke infusing modern sounds with traditional Arabic melodies. You can follow Beatlalipos here: Web: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Gek9Q7tZ8ribKJrjBKcNH Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/beatlalipos Subscribe to automatically get...
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Jay Sparrow
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Jay Sparrow Jay is a singer/songwriter based in Alberta, Canada. Jay is a career musician having played in ‘Murder City Sparrows’ and taken his solo act to great heights he is now releasing his 8th studio album ‘Hard Eight.’ He’s also the owner of Sea Change Brewery. We talk about drive-by shootings and talking to gang members while filming a music video, partying with Wyclef Jean, growing up in Alberta and how hard it is to get a beer into the LCBO. You can follow Jay here: Web: https://jaysparrow.com/ Instagram:...
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Bilal Nasser
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Bilal Nasser Bilal is a Windsor, ON based musician who takes a foundation of classical guitar, elements of shoegaze, post-punk and drone and distills them into a cascade of brilliant and emotive sound. He is also a music teacher, fellow podcaster and he opened the loft he shares with his partner Kamryn to us when the band was on tour in November. You can follow Bilal Nasser here: Link 00: https://www.instagram.com/bilalguitar/?hl=en Link 01: Link 02: Link 03: Link 04: https://www.instagram.com/theriverandtheland/?hl=en Subscribe to automatically get...
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Simon Head
Social Animals
This week I am hanging out with Simon Head Simon is a Simon is a Canadian musician, documentarian, tour manager and dad. Simon found Social Animals because he just finished a documentary called ‘Subversives: History of Lowest of the Low’ who’s lead singer, Stephen Stanley was a recent guest and features other Social Animals like Alan Cross and mother of Sameer Cash, the trailblazing Sandy Pandya. We talk about taking magic mushrooms, being on tour, what we would do if we didn’t have jobs and we ruminate on the behaviour of cats. You can follow Simon Head here: Subscribe to...
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Bilal is a Windsor, ON based musician who takes a foundation of classical guitar, elements of shoegaze, post-punk and drone and distills them into a cascade of brilliant and emotive sound. He is also a music teacher, fellow podcaster and he opened the loft he shares with his partner Kamryn to us when the band was on tour in November.
You can follow Bilal Nasser here:
Link 00: https://www.instagram.com/bilalguitar/?hl=en
Link 01: bilalnasser.com
Link 02: https://bilalnasser.
Link 03: https://open.spotify.
Link 04: https://www.instagram.com/theriverandtheland/?hl=en
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The interlude music on this episode was made by Me using Apple Garage band and those sweet sweet loopies.